Lists, crosswalks, and maps for relating PUMAs, ZCTAs, and other types of geography in NYC.
- PUMA: Public Use Microdata Area. A US Census statistical area, created by aggregating census tracts. PUMAs are designed to have 100k residents. The City of New York correlates them with Community Districts.
- ZCTA: ZIP Code Tabulation Area. A US Census statistical area designed to approximate areal USPS ZIP Codes. They are aggregations of census blocks where a majority of addresses have the same ZIP Code.
- ZIP Code: Zone Improvement Plan. These are postal codes created by the US Postal Service. Codes are assigned to street segments, large institutions, and clusters of PO boxes.
- Census tract: A US census statistical area designed to have an ideal size of 4,000 residents, with a range of 1200 to 8000 residents.
- NTA: Neighborhood Tabulation Area. Statistical areas created by the New York City Department of City Planning for representing US census data for neighborhood-like areas. They are aggregations of census tracts.
Date | Name | Description |
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Jan 2010 | NYC PUMAs and Neighborhoods | A list of all 2010 PUMAs in the city: PUMA numbers, official names (based on community districts) and unofficial sub-borough names |
Dec 2013 | Maps of NYC 2010 PUMAs | PDF file with 2010 PUMA maps for each borough, with names and community district numbers |
May 2014 | NYC 2010 PUMA to ZCTA Crosswalk | An Excel spreadsheet that apportions ZCTAs to PUMAs |
May 2014 | Documentation for PUMA to ZCTA Crosswalk | README file with description and methodology for creating the crosswalk |
May 2014 | Map of NYC 2010 PUMAs to ZCTAs | PDF file of a map depicting correlation (or lack thereof) between ZCTAs and PUMAs |
Sept 2008 | Map of NYC ZIP Codes | PDF file of a map depicting residential USPS ZIP Codes |
Sept 2013 | NYC ZIP Code to ZCTA Crosswalk | An Excel file that correlates ZIP Codes to 2010 ZCTAs, so that non-residential ZIPs are assigned to ZCTAs |
NYC neighborhoods and ZIP Codes | A New York State Dept of Health webpage that correlates neighborhood names with ZIP Codes | |
NYC City Planning Geographies | A City website with maps and crosswalks that illustrate the relationships between PUMAs, Community Districts, Neighborhood Tabulation Areas, and census tracts |